Samstag, 8. März 2014

The Mar-Vells aka The Marvells aka The Fabulettes

The Mar-Vells aka The Marvells aka The Fabulettes (Miami, Florida)

Group members:

Annette Snell (lead)

Mattie Lovett

Loretta Ludlow

Addie Williams

Biography:

The members of the group
were all local Florida girls. They formed under name name The Mar-Vells in the
early sixties and did live concerts and session work for other Florida
musicians. While they were doing, mostly uncredited, session work in Miami, and
on their first releases, they were known as the Mar-Vells. From 1963 and until
1968 or 69 the line-up consisted of: Annette Snell, Mattie Lovett, Addie
Williams and Loretta Ludlow.

Changing their name to The
Fabulettes on their first recording for Monument Records was probably a
decision taken by the record company who would not have been interested in
promoting yet another band named Marvels/Mar-Vells/Marvells. Even though the
group still performed as The Mar-Vells in the Florida area all their recordings
were, from this point on, issued under the Fabulettes moniker.

Sometime during 1968 or
early 1969 Annette Snell left the group and went with Paul Kelly to New York
pursuing a solo career. Her first solo recording was issued in 1969 on Love
Hill, and later Juggy, under the name Annetta. The Fabulettes attempted to find
a replacement but after cutting two more records they split up.

Discography:

The Mar-Vells with D. Jones
& The Continentals

1963 - Go On And Have
Yourself A Ball / How Do I Keep The Girls Away (Butane 778)

The Marvells

1964 - This Can’t Go On / Dizzy
Jones Birdland (Yorey 1002)

The Fabulettes

1965 - The Bigger They Are
(The Harder They Fall) / Mr. Policeman (Monument 901)

Kommentare:

Annette left the Fabulettes in the summer of 1969 after a two week gig at "Here's To The Losers", a nightclub in Dallas, Texas. They were booked for a USO tour of Viet Nam later that year but cancelled when 'Nette left the group.I was their bass player that year.